Silvaco CEO David Dutton sits down with Graham Bell to discuss the growth of the company in 2018 including drivers and trends from customers and also takes a look forward to 2019.
Graham Bell: Hi. This is Graham Bell with Silvaco. I’m speaking with David Dutton, CEO.
David Dutton: Hi, Graham.
GB: David, there’s been a recent growth announcement from Silvaco. Can you give us some details about that?
DD: Yeah, we were really happy. I think we announced, this year was our fourth consecutive year of double-digit growth, and even more important that we had growing profitability on GAAP‑based revenue and profitability, so we’re very excited about that. And I think for people in the industry who’ve known Silvaco a long time, historically we’ve been a boutique company, and now we’ve really changed and become a growth company. And a lot of it has been around how you position and drive the culture. So, when about four or five years ago, we started to look at Silvaco with a great set of products, and we realized, “Oh, you know what, we need to focus on being a market leader.” Before, we were a technology company. But when you turn and focus on market leadership, it really forces you to think about, “What does the industry need? How do I orient my products for them?” And I think we’re starting to see the benefits of that shifting culture, where we’ve taken great products and now oriented them to really meet some of the challenges of the industry going forward.
